Cigarette holder



Feb. 9, 1932. w. B. wANsoR 1,844,813

CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed March lO, 1931 gwuwtoz.

@@Mw @W Patented Feb. 9, 1932 Parser cerise UNITED s'rafresl WILLAM B.WANSOR, F LOCUS!!!` VALLEY, NEW YORK CIGARETTE HOLDER applicationfned'narch 1o, 1931. serial No. 521,575.

ashesfrom falling on the floor and sparks y from dropping, thus avoidingany danger of. lu

pact devicein which various accessories such y as matches" maybeconveniently carrieohin addition to the use of a container for ashes. i3To the attainment of these and other objects which will appear 'asthedescription proceeds,v reference `may be made to theacd companyingdrawings, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the device; JY Fig. 2is a sectional elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is an end elevation; V Fig. 4: is a sectional elevation on theline 4:-4 of Fig. 2; and V Fig. 5 is a detailed view of the cigaretteil' holding element.

Referring specifically to the ldrawings in which like reference numeralsrepresent like i parts7 it will be observed that the device consists ofa body 1() havinga mouth piece 11, removably attached as at 12 to thebody. Supported within the upper portion of the body, and in alignmentwith the mouth piece is a cage or grate 13 adapted to support acigarette C. rIhe cage will preferably beheld 3L' in position by meansof ears 14 which may be riveted or otherwise suitably connected as at 15to the holder 10. A clean-out door 16 for. the removal of ashes may behinged at the bottom of the holder and a similar door 17 493 for the`reception of burned matches may be located at the forward portion ofthe holder. These doors may be hingedly attached to the body portion 10and provided with spring n latches 18 and 19 respectively to hold sameclosed. i i

The top of the holder may be provided with a hinged closure 2O having alatch 21.V The forwardend of this closure preferably conn r sists of adownwardly Aextending perforated "ya flange 22 having a spring pressedclosure por- A further object proposes the use of a com# @bacco ashes.

tion 23 depending therefrom. The perforations 22 act as draft holes whenthe cigarette isbeing smoked and the closure 23 may be opened to permitlighting of the cigarette.

A chain or cord 2/l is desirably connected to the holder to function asa neck chain or vest chain whenthe. device is not beingused.

Having thus described the invention the use andoperation thereof will bereadily ap-` lparent,rthe lid 2O is raised and cigarette inserted in thecage or grate 13, the lid being closed toretainsame in position. rl`hecigarette is then lighted after opening the closure 23, and the burnedmatch placed in the body 10 `through the opening 1'?. ils the cigaretteburns any ashes or sp arkstherefrom will drop into the interior of thebody 10 as indicated by the ashes and matches 25 inhig. e.

` Ordinarily the cigarette will burn coni pletely to its end due to thefact that it is resting on an open grate, but obviously if same does notburn completely it can be removed at any time by raising the lid 20.

Itwill be evident that variations in the above structure and in theshape thereof are possible, for example, either of the clean-out doors161er the opening for matches at 17 or both may be omitted, in whichlatter event ashes may be removed by turning the holder upside downassuming; however, that no matches have been placed within the holder.It is also conceivable that the closure or lid 20 may be omitted and thecigarette held in place in the cage in any conventional manner, with itsbutt-endadjacent the mouthpiece 11.` It is also'contemplated that thestructure may be adapted to the use of cigars or tobacco cartridges thusforming in effect av variation of pipe.

"One modification ofthe foregoing structure lwhich might readily fallwithin the scope of the present invention would be the formation of acompartment adjacent the opening 17, in which matches, either live orburnt might be placed,` and thus the dbris in the bodyl() would beconfined solely to to- `If live matches are 'carried in suchV acompartment, a scratcher therefor could be secured as by pasting to theside of the body `10`.f

It is clear that the entire device may be made of any material, light inweight so that the entire structure will weigh no more and be no largerin size than a conventional pipe.

' Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

l. A device of the character described, comprising a body member havinga recess to receive ashes, a grate for retaining a cigarette thereabove,and a mouth-piece in alignment with said grate.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a body member havinga recess to receive ashes, a grate for retaining a cigarette thereabove,and a mouth-piece in alignment with said grate, and a closure for saidrecess disposed above said grate thereby to retain the cigarette inposition.

3. A device of the character described, comprising a body member havinga recess to receive ashes, a grate for retaining a cigarette thereabove,with said grate, and a closure for said recess disposed above said gratethereby to retain the cigarette in position, and a pivoted closure atthe outer end of said recess affording access to said cigarette, forlighting purposes.

et. A device of the character comprising a. body member having a recessto receive ashes, a grate for retaining a cigarette thereabove, and amouth-piece in alignment with said grate, and a clean out door in saidbody member through which ashes from said body member may be removed.

5. A device of the character described, comprising` a hollow bodymember, a closure extending along the top thereof, a grate eX- tendingwithin the top portion thereof below said closure, a mouth-piece at oneend of saidv body in alignment with said grate and a perforated wall atthe other end of said body in alignment with said grate and mouthpiece,the lower portion of said body member forming a receptacle for ashes,and a cleanout door at the bottom of said member.

G. A device of the character described, comprising a hollow body member,a closure extending along the top thereof, a Lgrate eX- tending withinthe top portion thereof below said closure, a mouth-piece at one end ofsaid body in alignment with said grate and a perforated wall at theother end of said body in alignment with said grate and mouthpiece, thelower portion of said body member forming a receptacle for ashes, saidmember below said perforated wall having an opening for the reception ofmatches.

7. A device of the character described, comprising a hollow body member,a closure extending along the top thereof, a grate eX- tending withinthe top portion thereof below y said closure, a mouth-piece at one endrof said body in alignment withsaid. grate and a perforated wall at theother end of said and a mouth-piece in alignment described,

body in alignment with said grate and mouthiece, the lower portion ofsaid body member orming a receptacle for ashes, said member below saidperforated wall having an opening for the reception of matches and aeleanont door at the bottom of said member.

8. A device of the character described, comprising a hollow body member,a closure extending along the top thereof, a grate eX- tending withinthe top portion thereof below said closure, a mouth-.piece at one end ofsaid body in alignment with said grate and a perforated wall at theother end of said body in alignment with said grate and mouthpiece, anda pivoted closure at the outer end of said body member affording accessto said cigarette below said perforations for lighting purposes.

9. A device of the character described, comprising a hollow body memberhaving an opening for the reception of cigarettes at the top thereof,means to support the cigarette therein, a closure for said opening, amouthpiece on said member communicating with the interior thereof, andmeans havingan opening for intake of air tor said member, a pivotedclosure at the outer end of said body member affording access to saidcigarette for lighting purposes, the portion of said mem ber below saidcigarette supporting means forming a receptacle for ashes.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature.

WILLIAM B.v WANSOR.

